Restarting life in Siheyuan

"Let mother see, let mother see." Bang Geng turned his head away stubbornly, refusing to let Qin Huairu see. Just now, her grandmother asked her to find someone to deal with the guy named Zhu, but she was still hesitant and didn't stand on her side at all.

"Let me see!" Qin Huairu said in a more serious tone, "You still have a point. You robbed people's things, made a grandmother so angry that she had to be hospitalized, and stole their money. You are making me look good, right? You lied to me again and again that you were selling scraps, so why do people say you have never been there!"

Qin Huairu was very angry at her son's stubbornness. The uncle's family was very kind to her family. Before her mother-in-law came out, the three children were taken care of by the aunt. But now her son did such a shameless thing. He was a typical ungrateful person. The aunt was so angry that she was hospitalized. Now Banggeng had the nerve to turn his face away from her. It was really outrageous.

I worked so hard and endured so much humiliation, but this is what happened. My mother-in-law is not a good person, and my son is a troublemaker.

"Don't take it out on the child if you're angry, take it out on me. He's the only child in our Jia family. You're the only one who can handle this. When my son got beaten, why didn't you go and settle the score with that little bastard instead of trying to harm my grandson?"

Jia Zhang hurriedly got out of bed and protected Banggeng. Banggeng felt for a moment that grandma was the greatest, and that his father and mother were dearer than him, but grandma was the dearest. He completely forgot that his grandma didn't even fart when he was beaten.

Qin Huairu, who had already picked up the bamboo stick, saw her son being protected by her mother-in-law. She thought of the unreasonable mother-in-law and the disappointing son, and all the grievances she had suffered after her transfer. She could no longer bear it, feeling extremely aggrieved. She sat down, tears still flowing silently.

"You are so successful. Your son got beaten, why are you crying? I asked you to find someone to deal with Zhu, but you hesitated. Didn't you find a backer? Where is the backer? No matter what you call him, you come back so late every day, and I don't know where to go to flirt. If I rely on you, the child will starve to death."

Every word Jia Zhang said was heartbreaking. Knowing her mother-in-law's character, these heartbreaking words made Qin Huairu calm down. Banggeng must be punished today to make him remember this lesson, otherwise he will cause trouble outside in the future, which will be impossible to deal with.

Qin Huairu's outstretched hand was dodged by Bang Geng, who retracted his hand behind his grandmother who loved him the most. Jia Zhang then stretched out her hands to stop Qin Huairu.

"I'm taking care of my son, don't stop me." Qin Huairu wiped her tears gently, "It's no use not disciplining this child. If we don't take care of him anymore, we'll have to let the police take care of him."

Qin Huairu looked unhappy and spoke in a bad tone after she calmed down, which surprised Jia Zhang. It had been several years since Qin Huairu spoke to her like this. It was as if her son had just left and the evil daughter-in-law had come back again.

"That's my grandson, so I won't let you take care of him. You said I was away for three years, and you didn't take care of him. How can you be so shameless? I don't know who you are fooling around with in the guesthouse every day. You don't even have time to take care of the child."

As she spoke, she became excited. She was very dissatisfied with Qin Huairu asking her to prepare dinner for the three children every day. The key point was that the three children also thought her cooking was not tasty. If they wanted to have a snack secretly, the two little ones would always follow them. Later on, Banggeng would also have a holiday, and there was no hope. She probably would never have the chance to get this body of meat back.

"I'm fooling around?!" Qin Huairu could only raise her voice and use loud questions to hide her uneasiness.

"I'm fooling around? Okay, I am fooling around. If I'm not fooling around, who would send you food every month? If I'm not fooling around, who would help me raise these three children? I, Qin Huairu, have worked hard for this family and for you. I've worked so hard at work, but in your mouth, I'm just fooling around."

Qin Huairu changed her usual demeanor and completely gave up her fantasy about Jia Zhangshi. She thought that three years of visits and meticulous care could win Jia Zhangshi's true love. Who knew that in just two months, everything went back to the way it was before.

Jia Zhang was suppressed by Qin Huairu's barrage of questions. She also knew that it must not be easy for Qin Huairu to raise three children alone and take care of her life in the kiln from time to time. But she couldn't be soft at this time. If she was soft, the effect she had achieved with great difficulty would be lost. Jia Zhang didn't want to return to the fate of being dominated by her daughter-in-law after her son left.

A pair of triangular eyes, rolling around, but can't find a suitable reason to refute, so he can only act like a rogue
"I'm your mother-in-law, isn't it your responsibility to raise me? Aren't Banggeng and those two losers your children? Isn't it natural for me to raise them? This is a matter of course, but you are showing off with such a big face. You don't even ask around. There are so many families with more children than ours. Have you ever seen a daughter-in-law like you who doesn't care about her own children and feels justified? Bah."

Qin Huairu stared at Jia Zhang with cold eyes, "I gave birth to these three children, I raised them, as for you, why should I raise you, because you are my son? Don't you know what kind of character he is, and how can he be worthy of me? He is about to leave, but he still forces me not to remarry, he is not worthy! I will go to the street office to register tomorrow, and I will remarry him and see, as for you, haven't you done a good job in farm work in the past three years, what do you mean you are not in good health and can't work? You should just go back to your hometown and make a living, I can't support you."

Thinking about how her good life was ruined because of Jia Dongxu's trouble, and how he didn't stop even after being sent to labor reform, and how he just walked away, leaving her and her widowed mother to struggle, and how she had no choice but to flatter him against her will in order to make a living, Qin Huairu felt a surge of rage that she vented all at once.

Jia Zhang stared at her daughter-in-law who had fallen into madness with her mouth open, she was completely bewildered. Qin Huairu wanted to remarry, she wanted to remarry, how could this be possible? She also wanted to send her back to the countryside, this was absolutely impossible. More than a thousand days and nights, she had to work every day, that was not a life for a human being. In Jia Zhang's mind, going to the countryside was no different from being a slave in a kiln.

"I'm going to dig for food. Why? I won't leave. Wherever you go, I go. Whatever you eat, I eat. You want to drive me away? No way." Jia Zhang didn't mention that the daughter-in-law scolded the mother-in-law. The two had a fight over this matter as soon as their son left.

"You don't want to leave, right? You were imprisoned during the rural household registration cleanup two years ago, so you're hiding. I'm going to the street office tomorrow anyway, and I'll report it directly. You're still a rural hukou, so go back and farm your land honestly. Don't even think about coming back. This is the policy from above, and you can't refuse to go even if you want to."

Jia Zhang had heard Qin Huairu say in prison that if Zhu Xuefeng hadn't helped, Qin Huairu would have to take the three children to farm. She felt a little flustered, and completely gave up the idea of ​​competing with Qin Huairu, forcing a smile.

"Bang Geng's mother, we are a family after all. It's not appropriate to quarrel and make a fool of ourselves. I know you said it in anger and I was confused. This little bastard Zhu beat my good grandson in front of me. I was so upset that I couldn't control my mouth. Please don't argue with an old woman like me."

Seeing that Jia Zhang had finally given in, Qin Huairu's anger faded. She no longer paid attention to Jia Zhang and pointed a bamboo stick at the gangsters who were watching the fun.

"It's all because of you. Look at what you've done to the house. Come here and tell me why you suddenly remembered Grandma Ho-ho's house, how many times you stole things, and how much you stole in total."

He was a little confused by the sudden change of situation, but he couldn't let it go. The bamboo stick in my hand was specially prepared for him.

Qin Huairu pulled Bang Geng over and grabbed his right wrist, causing him to scream in pain. Only then did Qin Huairu see several red scars on Bang Geng's wrist, none of which were long, but were obviously red and swollen.

"Zhu Xuefeng hit your wrist?"

Bang Geng didn't say anything. Jia Zhang cursed angrily, "This little bastard was so cruel. He even hit my grandson's palm. He was so cruel and merciless. It made me shudder."

Qin Huairu picked up the stick and looked at the palm of her hand. There was no mark left, just a little red. She understood that he was hit on the palm, and the branch also hit her wrist. Looking at her son's scars, she felt distressed. "This Xiao Zhu, ah," she said with a soft voice, and she gently stroked the wound on his wrist.

"Does it still hurt?" Bang Geng nodded quickly, tears streaming down his face. Qin Huairu sighed.

"You can't blame anyone else for this. You made your grandmother so angry that she was hospitalized, and your uncle hasn't come back yet. You didn't even have the brains to curse the whole family to death. He was too lenient. You did something wrong this time, can you learn your lesson?"

Bang Geng nodded quickly with great joy. Sure enough, he saw his mother put down the bamboo stick and found some medicine to help him apply it.

"You are not a child anymore, you should be sensible. Mom is very busy now, but she has to be busy. There are five people in our family and I have to run around. Can you let me worry less in the future? I beg you."

Bang Geng's tears flowed down again. He raised his hand to wipe away his tears and said, "Mom, I won't do it again. But who is he? Why did he hit me? Even my dad's beating didn't hurt this much."

Qin Huairu was heartbroken. The child agreed with her mouth, but she still didn't understand in her heart. She was speechless for a moment and was a little dazed. Banggeng looked at his mother who didn't move, and neither scolded him nor paid attention to him. He had no choice but to walk away and secretly kicked the bamboo stick to the corner.

"Bang Geng's mother, my grandson is right. Even if the child did something wrong, it is not his turn to intervene. There are three uncles in the yard. I saw the old ghost of the Yan family only showed his head at the entrance of the middle yard and then slipped back without saying a word of justice. And the second aunt was watching at the moon gate and did not come to persuade us. And the old ancestor was still laughing in the distance, thinking that I didn't see it. These people will not have a good death."

Looking at her mother-in-law who kept cursing, Qin Huairu was speechless and waved her hands weakly, "Go take a shower and go to bed. I'll go to the hospital to apologize to Grandma Yi and get Grandpa Yi back. You guys go to bed early."

After saying that, he stood up, tidied himself up a bit, smoothed his hair with his fingers, and went out. As soon as he left the yard, he couldn't help but shed tears...

"Sister Qin, why are you here? It's just right. You and Xiao'e can accompany the old man back. Leave this to me. You all have to go to work tomorrow. I'm a cook, so it's okay if you arrive late."

"I'm here to apologize to the uncle and aunt. Uncle and aunt, please forgive me. I apologize to you on behalf of Bang Geng."

Qin Huairu was about to kneel down when she was grabbed by an old man.

"Okay, okay, this is a hospital, don't let people laugh at you."

He glanced at his wife and continued.

"What Banggeng did this time was wrong. Since Xiaozhu has already taught him a lesson, we won't say much. The child is still young. Every kid in his family does bad things when he is young. It's okay if he changes. Take Zhuzi for example. He did a lot of bad things when he was young. He would beat people and make them cry every now and then. People would come to complain all year round. Now he is doing well, isn't he?"

"Uncle, you are not the one who insults others like that." With Lou Xiao'e around, Sha Zhu couldn't keep a straight face and glared at the uncle.

The aunt on the hospital bed felt a little unhappy when she saw the uncle counseling Qin Huairu in this way. She slowly closed her eyes, ignored him, and fell asleep again as if she was exhausted.

Qin Huairu kept on explaining and apologizing to the old man, so Sha Zhu and Lou Xiaoe had no choice but to stay aside and listen.

"Don't worry, Banggeng's mother. We won't report this matter. I've just said it. Just relax. Okay, we understand what you mean. You can go back with Zhuzi and his wife so that they can take care of you." The old man understood what the young woman was thinking. She was afraid that Banggeng would offend his family this time, and the old couple would report him to the street office. If that happened, Banggeng would definitely go to the juvenile detention center, and his life would be ruined.

"Uncle, Auntie, I will take care of you at night. Zhuzi, you should go back and have a rest. I am a woman, so it is more convenient for me to take care of Auntie than you. It is also more convenient for Auntie."

Sha Zhu wanted to say something, but suddenly he felt his skin tightening on his back, so he had to shut up.

"Zhu Zi, E Zi, you two come back with me. Leave this to Bang Geng's mother."

The old man guessed that Qin Huairu wanted to have a good talk with her husband. Last time, her husband told Qin Huairu that Banggeng had stolen money, and Qin Huairu seemed to have no reply later. This time, the two brothers of the Liu family exposed her lie and found the money. It was reasonable for her to give an explanation to her husband, so she took the initiative to offer to go back with him.

The aunt was not happy at all. She wanted to talk to the uncle about the two children. She had already seen through Qin Huairu's intention to protect her penis and was not interested in listening to her explanation. However, she had just closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, and it was not convenient for her to open her eyes again and leave her husband alone, so she had to close her eyes and rest.

Qin Huairu found a wooden stool and sat down next to the hospital bed. Seeing that the aunt had her eyes closed, she knew that the aunt had remembered something. She knew how the aunt treated her. Not to mention that she helped her a lot in normal times, but it was the aunt who helped raise the several children in the family until her mother-in-law was released from prison.

"If you're not feeling well, go to bed early. Call me if you need anything. Our family is sorry for you, especially Bang Geng. He's been going a bit too far these days."

Seeing that the old lady still didn't open her eyes, Qin Huairu seemed to be muttering to herself.

"Take Banggeng's kid. His father passed away early, so he always has something on his mind. When he saw Yingtao and her brother, he always felt like he had lost something, so he kept looking for trouble with them. I've told him many times, but he never got the hang of it, especially this time. He was really too much."

Seeing the aunt's eyes move, Qin Huairu understood that this was probably what the aunt was most worried about.

"Today, Xiao Zhu in the front yard beat him hard, and his wrists were swollen. You know, Banggeng was a sensible kid since he was young, but he has been a little bit out of shape because I haven't had time to take care of him in recent years, and I couldn't bear to beat him. As the old saying goes, 'correcting the past must be excessive', I understood it too late, and Xiao Zhu's beating was really effective. He also knew that what he did was wrong and aroused public anger. He has become much more sensible, which is a good thing..."

(End of this chapter)